Examining the desk of Guido Gozzano, between misleading allusions and unexplored manuscripts, this book points to unknown sources and reading paths. It documents the rediscovery – tortuous but pervasive – of the Greek and Latin world (Homer, Horace, and the author’s decisive identification with Socrates), reveals new French influences from José-Maria de Heredia to Jean Lorrain and Pierre Loti, and recognizes the central role of Nietzsche’s philosophy and then explores its readings.This is a different way of looking at Gozzano, without “Gozzanism”.